Title | Biography for RANKIN, the Hon. Dame Annabelle Jane Mary, DBE |
Database | Biographies |
Date | 17-05-2023 08:19 AM |
Source | Parliamentary Library |
Current member | No |
State | Qld |
System Id | handbook/allmps/K28 |
Senator for Queensland
Liberal Party of Australia
Elected to the Senate for Queensland 1946. Re-elected 1951, 1955, 1961 and 1967. Resigned 24.5.1971.
Minister for Housing from 26.1.1966 to 22.3.1971.
Joint Standing: Broadcasting served from 17.10.1947 to 31.10.1949
Joint Statutory: Public Works served from 23.2.1950 to 19.3.1951
Senate Standing: Standing Orders served from 17.10.1947 to 19.3.1951; Parliamentary Library served from 17.10.1947 to 31.10.1949; House served from 17.10.1947 to 31.10.1949; Printing served from 17.10.1947 to 31.10.1949; Regulations and Ordinances served from 22.10.1947 to 31.10.1949; Disputed Returns and Qualifications served from 22.10.1947 to 31.10.1949
Member, Australian Delegation to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference, Ottawa, September 1952.
Represented Australian Government at Independence Celebration, Mauritius, 12.03.1968.
Opposition Whip in the Senate from 1947 to 1949.
Government Whip in the Senate from 12.6.1951 to 26.2.1966.
Assistant Commissioner of the Young Women's Christian Association War Services in Queensland.
Organiser of the Queensland Junior Red Cross.
Member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment from 1940 to 1942.
State Secretary of the Girl Guides Association from 1942.
Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand from 24.5.1971.
Born: 28.7.1908, South Brisbane, Australia
Died: 30.8.1986, South Brisbane
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Not married
Employed with the Union Trustee Company, Brisbane (Qld).
Appointed a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 13.06.1957.
Attached to Women's War Service from 1943 to 1946.